You Know Ball: A (Mostly) NBA Podcast

The Wolves might have screwed themselves by making an all in move for Rudy Gobert. We discuss how the Wolves could turn it around, if an in season trade is even possible, the unfair comparisons to the 19-20 Sixers, the lack of flexibility moving forward that they have and how it could all lead to the eventual departure of Karl Anthony Towns, or even worse, Anthony Edwards. Also, will it go down as one of the worst trades of all time? Enjoy.

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The now .500 Sixers were brought back to life by Joel Embiid's absolutely amazing two way performance on Sunday night vs. the Utah Jazz. Embiid returned to MVP form with a near 60 point quadruple double where he picked apart the Jazz scoring at will and setting up his teammates in a way we have never seen before. He also returned to his elite form on the defensive end as a rim protector and pick and roll defender vs. one of the best early season offenses in the NBA. Part of me was extremely excited to see Embiid dominate and another part of me was concerned that we still need these kind of performances in order to win games! But the Sixers are back on track with Harden returning in 2-3 weeks and should be fighting for a top four seed in the East moving forward. After the Embiid and Sixers discussion we discussed the Golden State Warriors who are currently struggling to start the season. We talked about this being the potential end of their dynasty and whether a trade could save them before going over a handful of fake trades involving disappointing prospects James Wiseman and Jonathan Kuminga. Enjoy.

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@TheKevinRice joined Sam and Trill to draft the 30 best prospects in the NBA as part of our first ever NBA prospect draft. Our definition of a prospect is someone who is 25 years and younger right now. When drafting players we are not taking contacts into consideration. This is just the players that we would take moving forward if we ran an NBA team. Similar to the overrated player NBA draft we will draft prospects in a snake draft with Kevin going first, Sam second and Trill third/fourth etc. Enjoy.

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SLOP SEASON IS ALMOST HERE!! Lakers & Klutch Propagandist Harrison Faigen (@hmfaigen) from SBNation returned to talk with Sam and Trill about all things Lakers including the recent trade rumors around Anthony Davis started by the Podfather himself Bill Simmons. Before we got into that we discussed the new rumors that the Lakers may not trade their two first round picks with Russell Westbrook for the rumored Myles Turner + Buddy Hield deal or Kyrie Irving because they may be targeting a new mystery star with that trade package. We tried to figure out exactly who that star is. We then discussed whether it is realistic for the Lakers to consider trading Anthony Davis this season, what teams would be interested in AD and we all pitched some fake AD trades that ranged from pretty realistic to legitimately psychotic. We went through more than 15 trades and discussed which ones made the most sense for the Lakers and other teams around the NBA. We were gone off the slop on this one so there were many sidebars and insane rants so please hang with us. Everything else we were supposed to talk about on this episode was bumped to the next episode since we went almost two hours on the Lakers and fake AD trades. Enjoy!

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We are very excited to announce that You Know Ball has partnered with Underdog Fantasy! Get a 100 dollar deposit match bonus on your first deposit when you sign up here: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-you-know-ball

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During this segment we talked about James Harden's injury that will keep him out at least two weeks (he will be "re-evaluated" lol) if not a whole month. We talked about what this means for the Sixers, Doc Rivers job security, and most importantly Tyrese Maxey and Joel Embiid's roles with the team. Will De'Anthony Melton starting give the Sixers some defensive energy and a chance to win some games without Harden? Who plays more now? Shake? Thybulle? Perhaps some Korkmaz? We also discussed whether the Sixers should sign former All Star Kemba Walker with their lost roster spot to fill the shot creation void. Enjoy!

During the Patreon portion of this podcast Sam, Trill and Parm drafted a team of ten players each (30 picks overall) of the most overrated players currently in the NBA. We are drafting the overrated player based on general public perception. We aren’t taking just one group's opinion into account (calculator boys, real hoopers, the Zach Lowe types) but the general idea of how good a player is at this time. What they are as a player RIGHT NOW. Not their all time ranking.

It was a snake draft. 30 player draft. Every person gets 10 players. Some controversial picks in there. Also Kyrie Irving news dropped in the middle of this so we reacted to that as well.

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New users can also use our promo code "SLOP" to sign up on the Underdog app or on UnderdogFantasy.com for the 100 dollar deposit match as well. In addition to our new partnership with Underdog Fantasy, we are also excited to announce that YKB regular Sam Sheehan (@NBABabySecret) will be joining You Know Ball as the full time co-host. No, this is not a bit. We are being serious. He is the new YKB co-host.

In his first episode as co-host Sam and I talked about the shit show that is the Brooklyn Nets. Yesterday it was announced that head coach Steve Nash would be fired after the team started the season 2-5. Then less than two hours later it was announced that suspended Celtics coach Ime Udoka would be the new head coach of the Brooklyn Nets. Oh, and by the way Kyrie posted some anti Semitic movie on Twitter and did not apologize for it. And Ben Simmons has missed back to back games after an awful start. Probably nothing. Can the Nets season be salvaged?

Meanwhile the Sixers have won three in a row to get back to .500 on the season! Tyrese Maxey scored a career high vs. the Toronto Raptors (again lol), Joel Embiid hit a game winner and remains undefeated vs. the Chicago Bulls and James Harden destroyed the Washington Wizards. The team is 2-0 without Joel Embiid which I did not think was possible? Are we smelling some Ewing Theory potential here House?? Also the NBA did some dumb tampering charges against the Sixers where they lost second round picks in 2023 & 2024 so we talked about that as well. Montrezl Harrell has been surprisingly good? De'Anthony Melton is a god level role player. The Sixers are a good team and should have a better record. It's still fire Doc Rivers til I die.

Then we talk about the team we love to hate the most, the Miami Heat! We talked about the Heat potentially missing their window to contend after their (now) 3-5 start that the NBA media seems to be conveniently ignoring? But Jimmy Butler still thinks they are going to be NBA champions still? After making fun of them for a little we discussed how the Heat can salvage the Butler era and actually get back into the championship conversation. Enjoy!

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Resident Brooklyn Nets fan Reed Wallach from BetSided's "The Early Reed" returns to the podcast to discuss Ben Simmons slow start with the Brooklyn Nets where he is not looking to score, fouling out of games and possibly screwing up lineups for a team that has championship aspirations. Can the KD and Kyrie Nets be salvaged or will this end in disaster? We also discussed the Deja Vu that I am having as a Sixers fan listening to Nets fans talk about Ben and a fake trade that Reed said he would take in a heartbeat. Plus what would Ben Simmons value be if he were a free agent today?

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Derek Bodner of Sixers Beat and the Daily Six newsletter returned to the podcast to discuss the Sixers disastrous 0-3 start. Originally I asked Bodner to come on the podcast to talk me off the ledge when the Sixers lost their opening games to the Celtics and Bucks (good teams!) but we both assumed they would beat the tanking Spurs (bad team!) so at least we would have something positive to talk about. Of course that did not happen! We talked about many things that are ailing the team right now including Joel Embiid's slow start and foot injury, the new pieces not fitting together on either end, and rotational changes that can be made (Free B-Ball Paul 2.0?) but we mainly discussed Doc Rivers job status and whether he is actually on the hot seat right now. We wrapped up the episode talking about potential Doc Rivers replacement's if he is fired, what it would take for the Sixers to move on from Doc and whether we think it would be an internal or external hire and of course we touched on Bill Simmons comments on Joel Embiid wanting to play for the Knicks because of his former agents running the team. Enjoy!

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Yes I am coping over the Sixers opening night loss to the Celtics so this is like my therapy. During this preview clip we discussed the Lakers opening night vs. the Golden State Warriors. The team looked as bad as advertised. With key injuries to new old Lakers Thomas Bryant and Dennis Schroder, their depth was tested and they were playing players like Matt Ryan and Wenyen Gabriel who have barely ever played in the league before. They also could not hit a shot which led to some snarky post game comments from Lebron James and Russell Westbrook already complaining about coming off the bench in the preseason. Can a Russ trade even save this team or are they past the point of no return? And yes I am coping over the Sixers opening night loss to the Celtics so this is like my therapy.

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Turn from Celtics Twitter returned to talk about rookie extensions from the 2019 NBA Draft class. We talked about Matisse Thybulle not getting extended by the Sixers (WOOHOO!!) and what this means for him moving forward, Grant Williams not getting extended by the Celtics despite his breakout season last year and some other players who actually did get extended including Jordan Poole, Tyler Herro, Brandon Clarke, Kevin Porter, Jr. and Deandre Hunter who got extended mid podcast (lol). We then talked about a few notable players who did not get extended including the Suns Cam Johnson and the Hornets PJ Washington. After the rookie extension talk we gave a few bold predictions for this upcoming NBA season and gave predictions for who would win on opening night of the 22-23 season including our pick for the Sixers vs. Celtics. Enjoy!

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